text: This is big news to many folks:  "Apple CEO Steve Jobs says the company's iPhone and iPad will soon be able to run more than one program at a time. It's a feature that owners of the popular iPhone have long sought and that phones from Apple's rivals already offer." (Associated Press)  "We weren't the first to this party but we're going to be the best," Jobs told those gathered at Apple h.q. in Cupertino, Calif., The New York Times' Bits blog says. Jobs pledged that multi-tasking won't drain the devices' batteries too quickly, Bits adds. The Tech Chronicles says the iPhone "will get multitasking with iPhone OS 4.0 ... this summer." SeattlePI's The Microsoft Blog says "it's likely that hundreds of thousands of iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad users let out a huge sigh of relief. A lack of multitasking has been the No. 1 complaint about the popular mobile devices." Our friends at NPR's All Tech Considered blog are keeping a running tally on Apple's announcements here.